Comments on the next steps of the Best in 2009 thing: 1) Anything that is a "qualified yes" should be eliminated. 1a) "Needs work" is incompatible with "award winning". 1b) We are trying to open these games up to a wider audience at a public event. Any game that has issues will be counter to that objective. 2) There should be no more than 3 finalists. 2a) We are asking people to take time out of their Origins schedule to learn and play these games. If there are too many games, they won't. 2b) Somebody's going to have to make signs and provide copies of the rules. The fewer games included, the more manageable that will be. 3) I don't think we should nominate games that require exotic equipment 3a) I'm looking at you, Dectana 3b) We would need to provide everything at Origins 3c) That's another barrier to entry to people who aren't already fans 4) Something needs to be done to promote this 4a) People aren't going to do it unless they know about it 4b) If we don't make it look interesting, people won't be interested. - Jeff